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Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun

Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun. Barrelsmith: Léopold Bernard (French, Paris, active 1832-70). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm). Gunsmith: Louis Perrin (French, Paris, active 1823-65). Date: dated 1854. This is presumably the "richly decorated gun" said to have been exhibited by Perrin in 1855 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and again in 1862 at the International Exhibition in London. Undoubtedly Louis Perrin's masterpiece, this shotgun is one of the most ambitious firearms of its period. The butt, pierced and carved in the round with the figure of a medieval hunter, reflects the lingering influence of the Gothic revival. The silver mounts are of extraordinary quality, notably the buttplate with its graceful figure of a Native American.
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Title:
Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
Caption:
Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun. Barrelsmith: Léopold Bernard (French, Paris, active 1832-70). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm). Gunsmith: Louis Perrin (French, Paris, active 1823-65). Date: dated 1854. This is presumably the "richly decorated gun" said to have been exhibited by Perrin in 1855 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and again in 1862 at the International Exhibition in London. Undoubtedly Louis Perrin's masterpiece, this shotgun is one of the most ambitious firearms of its period. The butt, pierced and carved in the round with the figure of a medieval hunter, reflects the lingering influence of the Gothic revival. The silver mounts are of extraordinary quality, notably the buttplate with its graceful figure of a Native American.
Technique/material:
Steel, wood (walnut), silver
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4400 x 2901 px | 36.5 MB
Print size:
37.3 x 24.6 cm | 14.7 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ARMS AND ARMOR • ARMS • EUROPE • FIREARMS • FRANCE • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • LONG GUNS • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PARIS • SHOTGUNS • SILVER • SMALL ARMS • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • STEEL, WOOD (WALNUT), SILVER • WALNUT • WOOD